Explores job loss and its impact on individuals through the grief cycle. Help clients understand the stages of grief, recognize its effects, identify their current phase, and provide coping mechanisms to build resilience for the future. 

Course Description

Job loss ranks among the top stressors of modern life, but few people recognize it as the traumatic experience that it can be. This course examines job loss through the lens of the grief cycle. 

Completing this course with clients will help them understand the cycle of grief as it applies to their job loss, how to recognize the impact it has on every facet of their lives and how to recognize what phase of the cycle they are in. It examines some healthy coping mechanisms, and how they can be used in clients’ everyday lives to help gain perspective and build their emotional resilience as they try to plan for the next stage of their lives. 

Competencies to be Developed (Competencies based on National Competency Profile for Career Development Professionals)

• Client-Practitioner Relationship (3.2) - Build Self-Agency 
• Client-Practitioner Relationship (3.6) - Help Clients Manage Mental Health 
• Service Delivery Process (11.5) - Help Client Build Support Network 
• Awareness of Diverse Worldviews (13.5) - Work with Clients Affected by Work Disruption 

Learning Opportunity

At the end of this course, learners will be able to: 

• Understand and describe the stages of the grief cycle and how they apply to job loss 
• Identify a client’s current stage in the job loss cycle 
• Describe the physical, material, and psychological effects of job loss on a client’s life 
• Knowledge of coping strategies to help clients build resilience and move forward 

Course Structure

This self-paced learning plan will take approximately thirty minutes to complete.